Epistemological and ontological issues in counseling: Implications of social systems theory
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- theory and-practice
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Counselling Psychology Quarterly
- Vol. 1 (4) , 357-365
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09515078808254221
Abstract
Philosophical issues related to theoretical and methodological developments in counseling are addressed, especially related to epistemology (theory of knowledge) and ontology (theory of reality). Social systems theory is described as an epistemologically and ontologically significant challenger to psychological theory, which has traditionally predominated as a foundation for counseling approaches. Recent developments from cognitive biology are used to demonstrate how systems theory may be metatheoretical to the psychological point of view, accounting for all that psychological theory can account for, and more.Keywords
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